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obama is the administration. how is it that bush and obama have done relatively good beyond rhetoric? >> hello. i am a writer and editor about these sorts of issues. this is mostly for the congressman. i would like the gentleman to respond. the outline of the presidential plane -- plan that you put forward, most have been common to behind-the-scenes discussions and think tank recommendations for many years. they reveal that the palestinians were talking about such concessions. what are you saying the difference is that the palestinians have not yardy publicly rejected well privately conceding that it might be necessary? i think the issue that most americans all be concerned about would be the rising price of oil. that will be their consent. i do not know they have political capital to use on this. >> let me start with a hammock. i think you are correct to point out the impact that the palestinian papers had. he asked a question, what is change. the change is that it would be an american position. it has never bee
obama is the administration. how is it that bush and obama have done relatively good beyond rhetoric? >> hello. i am a writer and editor about these sorts of issues. this is mostly for the congressman. i would like the gentleman to respond. the outline of the presidential plane -- plan that you put forward, most have been common to behind-the-scenes discussions and think tank recommendations for many years. they reveal that the palestinians were talking about such concessions. what are...
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on behalf of president obama and the american people, let me say that we are inspired by what you are doing and heartened by what it means for your future. the united states supports orderly, peaceful, and irreversible transitions to we'll democracies that deliver results -- to real democracy said deliver results for their citizens. our values converge, because supporting these transitions is not simply a matter of ideals. it is also a strategic imperative without meaningful steps toward representative, accountable, and transparent governance and open economies, the gap between people and their leaders will only grow and instability will deepen. what might have been possible in the 20th century, with new technologies and the power people now have to connect, is no longer possible. and to hang onto systems that are unaccountable and do not respond to the legitimate needs of the people poses a danger, not only two leaders, but to all of our interests. by contrast, history has shown democracies tend to be more stable, more peaceful, and ultimately more prosperous. democratic change must
on behalf of president obama and the american people, let me say that we are inspired by what you are doing and heartened by what it means for your future. the united states supports orderly, peaceful, and irreversible transitions to we'll democracies that deliver results -- to real democracy said deliver results for their citizens. our values converge, because supporting these transitions is not simply a matter of ideals. it is also a strategic imperative without meaningful steps toward...
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and it simply could not say yes to barack obama. it is interesting to see some elements of the fataah party and upping the ante in the relationship with the united states and a replay of the mouse that roared. you have the pa officials in east jerusalem breaking up contact with the u.s. consulate in jerusalem and refusing to accept any aid from the west. rather than the u.s. boycott in the pa or the palestinian authority, the reverse is happening. should we see -- should we understand these moves as a ship to self-reliance -- as a shift to self-reliance or a way to buy time and stay in power? by the regime's? some of the pa moves have gimmicks. you have to fayad going on facebook and suggested ministers for his cabinet. to my mind, that is a bit gimmicky. the pa moves to not address the serious challenges that face the palestinians. israeli attacks and gauze are continuing every day. arrests of west bank people including children are continuing every day. the intensive colonization of east jerusalem, nothing is stopping that. the ex
and it simply could not say yes to barack obama. it is interesting to see some elements of the fataah party and upping the ante in the relationship with the united states and a replay of the mouse that roared. you have the pa officials in east jerusalem breaking up contact with the u.s. consulate in jerusalem and refusing to accept any aid from the west. rather than the u.s. boycott in the pa or the palestinian authority, the reverse is happening. should we see -- should we understand these...
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i know you do a lot of work about the obama administration. so far, how would you give them in terms of reading them and their use of technology and in terms of transparency, how would you grade them? >> if i were to give them a great, it would be something like a c +. one of the little known facts that people do not realize when we change administrations, we actually go back eight years when we change parties because there are only nine months in a transition perio. i'm sorry, nine weeks. democrats go back to the people who had their hands on the steering wheel at eight years before it. what we really got with the obama administration was a clinton white house. with it, we got governmental thinking that is very much 20th- century, very much top-down. even though obama was known during the campaign to have used the internet very extensively, and they produced a fantastic open government directive, getting every single agency to actually comply is very, very hard. there are those who say it costs too much and those who are just lazy because of
i know you do a lot of work about the obama administration. so far, how would you give them in terms of reading them and their use of technology and in terms of transparency, how would you grade them? >> if i were to give them a great, it would be something like a c +. one of the little known facts that people do not realize when we change administrations, we actually go back eight years when we change parties because there are only nine months in a transition perio. i'm sorry, nine...
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. >> there is a report that says that hosni mubarak refused to take a phone call from president obama. can you respond to that? >> i do not anything on that. >> american for a policy has not changed in the middle east at all? it is not changing? >> chuck, circumstances have changed dramatically, in many ways more in the last four or five weeks than they have in our adult lives. the principles that the president has enunciated, as far back to his speech in cairo, are the same principles that are guiding. >> we are in the midst of changing, reworking our middle east policy. >> i would say that the policy, the principles that guide the policy, and that guide our day- to-day decisions about how we handle these circumstances have not changed, and, in fact, if you look at the speech, and the text of the speech the president delivered in cairo, you can find a clear lines you are hearing today. >> the difference is there are principles, and then there is how much you let the principles and type your policy. -- impact your policy. >> it is a strong influence. >> stronger now than six months ag
. >> there is a report that says that hosni mubarak refused to take a phone call from president obama. can you respond to that? >> i do not anything on that. >> american for a policy has not changed in the middle east at all? it is not changing? >> chuck, circumstances have changed dramatically, in many ways more in the last four or five weeks than they have in our adult lives. the principles that the president has enunciated, as far back to his speech in cairo, are the...
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yes. >> [inaudible] president obama -- discussing enforcement measures? >> i am sure the secretary general will be discussing many aspects of this unfolding crisis involving libya -- whether it is in the borders or inside. obviously you had it is extremely significant development over the weekend with the security council adopted unanimously a resolution -- and clearly it will be important for the secretary general and the president of the united states to be able to talk about that and the ramifications. obviously there is a big focus now on the humanitarian aspects on this as well as the security dimension. i am sure that will be an important part of their discussions, and you will hear more from the secretary general on this later today. yes. then i am coming back to you, bill. >> any more information regarding lithuanian violation of human rights -- >> i do not at the moment when i do i will be happy to share that with you. >> when do you went to the airport to verify, was there any exchange of fire? >> i need to check with my colleagues in peacekeepi
yes. >> [inaudible] president obama -- discussing enforcement measures? >> i am sure the secretary general will be discussing many aspects of this unfolding crisis involving libya -- whether it is in the borders or inside. obviously you had it is extremely significant development over the weekend with the security council adopted unanimously a resolution -- and clearly it will be important for the secretary general and the president of the united states to be able to talk about that...
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i have never met president obama. but i did meet president kennedy in 1963 when i was part of the first group trained in what was called counterinsurgency in those days. he was a tremendous person to meet. the 30 or so of us who were trained stood in line to shake hands with him. we listened to what he said two people had less. sons behind the general's and kennedy gave him his undivided attention for 20 seconds. the same thing happened to me and i left with a vivid impression of the feel of his handshake, the strength of his glance, the intensity of his personality. he was an electric personality. but in his presidency, he got off to a few bad mistakes early on. he inherited from president eisenhower the plans for the invasion of cuba in the bay of pigs. cuba was the third and a list of eight countries designated as countries where the leadership had to be overthrown. i think this was part of our history where a sense of the exceptional ism was particularly strong. the dulles brothers manufactured that's. one brother
i have never met president obama. but i did meet president kennedy in 1963 when i was part of the first group trained in what was called counterinsurgency in those days. he was a tremendous person to meet. the 30 or so of us who were trained stood in line to shake hands with him. we listened to what he said two people had less. sons behind the general's and kennedy gave him his undivided attention for 20 seconds. the same thing happened to me and i left with a vivid impression of the feel of...
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president obama endorsed a clean energy standard. our company on -- will be owners of $4 billion of solar projects out in the southwestern united states. the federal government has helped those that were put there because of the renewable portfolio. every state controls its own electricity market. they can unleash a torrent of investment in their state. the second thing i will say is i was with some of my colleagues the other dead. we were looking at innovative technology that would be a different way of combusting coal in a way where there is the zero carbon emissions. i said to my colleagues at the end, so it works in the laboratory. will it work at scale? find me a state that on a demonstration basis will allow us to build this in three months' time, carries the average plant takes 40 years for a permit. in most dates you cannot do it at all because the sierra club will sue you. states with a demonstration project approach and say we are willing to fast-track this one- stop shop, that is worth its weight as a potential investment.
president obama endorsed a clean energy standard. our company on -- will be owners of $4 billion of solar projects out in the southwestern united states. the federal government has helped those that were put there because of the renewable portfolio. every state controls its own electricity market. they can unleash a torrent of investment in their state. the second thing i will say is i was with some of my colleagues the other dead. we were looking at innovative technology that would be a...
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president obama and president hu have had eight face-to-face meetings. our work at ustr is to make sure you're responsive to other concerns. you heard members talk about their concerns of intellectual property rights, piracy and individual inknow vague. that's where we think we can had the most value. while the currency issue is important, what we hear from small businesses is the fear of putting a problem in china. we hear businesses that are concerned about their indigenous innovation policies. we think the time and energy spent on those areas db as porn to your business as addressing a currency issue. >> the house -- >> the gentleman's time has ex-pirated -- expired. mr. cannon is reck thesed for three minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you, mr. chairman. ambassador, i appreciate you being here today. i share, i think the intensity we just talk for a couple of minutes, your views as far as doing what's best for americans and american companies. we need to continue to fight for them in terms of trade agreements. i do want to say i applaud the e
president obama and president hu have had eight face-to-face meetings. our work at ustr is to make sure you're responsive to other concerns. you heard members talk about their concerns of intellectual property rights, piracy and individual inknow vague. that's where we think we can had the most value. while the currency issue is important, what we hear from small businesses is the fear of putting a problem in china. we hear businesses that are concerned about their indigenous innovation...
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this is not president obama's administration. this is the leader of dow chemical company. saying that to grow jobs in america and win global economic competition we need to invest in education. the majority's taking us in exactly the wrong direction. proposing cuts of up to 30% in education programs that will be on the floor next week. so sadly they have moved from ignoring the jobs problem to worsening it. we want to work together with the republican party and with independents to find ways to empower small businesses and entrepreneurs to put our country back to work. we spent 9 1/2 hours in this debate talking about something else. let's get on with this debate, get on to business, put the american people back to work. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from minnesota. mr. kline: thank you, madam speaker. before i yield to the gentlelady from north carolina, i feel compelled to respond for a minute to the remarks of my good friend from new jersey. underscores the fundamental diffe
this is not president obama's administration. this is the leader of dow chemical company. saying that to grow jobs in america and win global economic competition we need to invest in education. the majority's taking us in exactly the wrong direction. proposing cuts of up to 30% in education programs that will be on the floor next week. so sadly they have moved from ignoring the jobs problem to worsening it. we want to work together with the republican party and with independents to find ways to...
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i disagree with president obama on this. it's interesting, at this very moment that our president is on television celebrating the tremendous movement toward the free world of the people of egypt who have suffered real repression and suppression of their basic liberties, ewith can celebrate something happening -- we can celebrate something happening thousands of miles away. it would be much better for america if we celebrated our constitution. what we have done with the patriot act, we've given the government enormous powers. we've given the government to reach deeply into people's private lives, into their business affairs, without a court order. we need to think about that. some people say they don't want government involved in certain things. government is involved in a way that is devastating when you come to the devastation of constitutional principles, you give the f.b.i. the ability to reach into people's private lives without a court order. i'm telling you, whether you're democrat or republican, this is a very danger
i disagree with president obama on this. it's interesting, at this very moment that our president is on television celebrating the tremendous movement toward the free world of the people of egypt who have suffered real repression and suppression of their basic liberties, ewith can celebrate something happening -- we can celebrate something happening thousands of miles away. it would be much better for america if we celebrated our constitution. what we have done with the patriot act, we've given...
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now the obama administrationry fuses to let them pay us back. kofi annan noted the failure of the u.n. council, noting they made changes not to protect human rights but to protect themselves. this is still the case today as some of the worst regimes of human rights hold powerful seats on the u.n. general counsel. -- council. thank you, madam speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from california. mr. berman: thank you, madam speaker. i yield myself the remaining time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. berman: let's go through some of the issues and sort of disaggregate all of this. we have a bill that seeks to withhold funds unless the secretary of state certifies she's gotten back $179 million for the fund. the fund doesn't have $179 million because $100 million has been designated to this perimeter security on f.d.r. drive. at the request of the new york police department. why did they to it that way? because to do it now in the context of the overall u.n. reconstruction will save at
now the obama administrationry fuses to let them pay us back. kofi annan noted the failure of the u.n. council, noting they made changes not to protect human rights but to protect themselves. this is still the case today as some of the worst regimes of human rights hold powerful seats on the u.n. general counsel. -- council. thank you, madam speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from california. mr. berman: thank you, madam speaker. i yield myself the...
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it has the support of both the bush and obama administration. this week, president obama included $150 million in his budget to begin its construction. this inclusion shows the commitment from the president and secretary napolitano to see this facility moves forward as planned so we can conduct critical measures in order to protect the public and our livestock from the threats of devastating disease. this debate should be about our national security, not pennsylvania rocky kial politics. in this age to protect our nation, this could not be more crucial. and we are dangerously underprotected from the threat of a biological attack against our people and food. in fact, the bipartisan commission on the prevention of weapons of mass destruction, proliferation and terrorism recently issued a report card that gave the federal government a failing grade for efforts to prevent a biological attack. we need to protect our food and families from danger and stand on the cutting edge, our security is at risk in delaying this project further because the gentle
it has the support of both the bush and obama administration. this week, president obama included $150 million in his budget to begin its construction. this inclusion shows the commitment from the president and secretary napolitano to see this facility moves forward as planned so we can conduct critical measures in order to protect the public and our livestock from the threats of devastating disease. this debate should be about our national security, not pennsylvania rocky kial politics. in...